Psychiatrist 

Duties and Responsibilities:
     Psychiatrists are physicians who specialize in the problems of mental illness.  As physicians, they are licensed to use a vary wide variety of treatment and may write prescriptions.  Psychiatrists may work for the government, have their own private practice, or work in hospitals, clinics, or universities. 
 Their duties include: 

• Designing treatment programs.
• Conduct psychotherapy sessions.
• Prescribing potent mental illness drug.
• Supervising electrotherapy treatments.
• Conduct research.
• leading a team of mental healthcare providers.

Average Salary: $90,000-$200,000

Education Requirements:

     In addition to completing the requirements for a degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine,  psychiatrists must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

Reflection: 

I would like to be a psychiatrist.